Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Liverpool City Council: Standards

Lord Storey: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer byBaroness Scott of Bybrook on14 April (HL7026), whatis the total financial cost to date of the Commissioners sent to Liverpool.

Lord Evans of Rainow: Further to the answer provided by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 14 April 2023, the Secretary of State is mindful of the need for Commissioner remuneration to represent value for money for local taxpayers.The Liverpool Commissioners' pay arrangements were set out in paragraph 45 of the updated Explanatory Memorandum to the Directions made under section 15(5) and (6) of the Local Government Act 1999. In recognition of the nature and scale of the intervention at Liverpool, he has determined fees of £1200 a day for the Lead Commissioner and £1100 a day for the other Commissioners.A full breakdown of the Commissioners' invoiced fees and expenses are published periodically on Liverpool City Council's website, available here . Explanatory memorandum (pdf, 83.5KB)Commissioners' publication Liverpool city council (pdf, 131.7KB)

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Question

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what support they give, if any, to volunteer-run nappy libraries in England; and whether they have considered giving further support and, if so, in what form.

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick: To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to help local councils promote the use of reusable nappies to families.

Lord Benyon: In March this year we published the findings of the Defra-funded Life Cycle Assessment of disposable and reusable nappies which looked at these products across 18 equally weighted environmental impact categories (see attachments). The assessment shows that while disposable nappies have a slightly higher global warming potential, reusable nappies have a higher environmental impact in other ways. As there is no clear consensus on whether reusable or disposable nappies are better for the environment we have no plans to take further policy action on nappies at this time, including support for nappy libraries or the promotion of particular product types. A number of local authorities already provide support towards upfront purchases of reusable nappies. The decision to support a reusable nappy service rests with individual local authorities and we have no plans to duplicate that work.Nappies LCA report (pdf, 1729.6KB)Nappies LCA summary (pdf, 188.5KB)